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In Windows if I entered several commands and built up a little history, I could execute previous commands by typing a prefix at the command line and pressing F8 (Windows Keyboard shortcuts) to cycle through all commands in my history matching that prefix. Is there any equivalent in MacOS?





By way of example If I sequentially executed these commands



dir .
echo IgnoreThis
dir /b %TEMP%
dir /s .
dir /b %USERPROFILE%
echo IgnoreThis


If I then entered



dir /bF8



I would first receive an autocompletion to



dir /b %TEMP%


and if I pressed F8 again it would autocomplete to



dir /b %USERPROFILE%


For another example if I instead entered



dirF8



For the first, second, and third times I pressed F8 I would get



dir .
dir /b %TEMP%
dir /s .









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    In Windows if I entered several commands and built up a little history, I could execute previous commands by typing a prefix at the command line and pressing F8 (Windows Keyboard shortcuts) to cycle through all commands in my history matching that prefix. Is there any equivalent in MacOS?





    By way of example If I sequentially executed these commands



    dir .
    echo IgnoreThis
    dir /b %TEMP%
    dir /s .
    dir /b %USERPROFILE%
    echo IgnoreThis


    If I then entered



    dir /bF8



    I would first receive an autocompletion to



    dir /b %TEMP%


    and if I pressed F8 again it would autocomplete to



    dir /b %USERPROFILE%


    For another example if I instead entered



    dirF8



    For the first, second, and third times I pressed F8 I would get



    dir .
    dir /b %TEMP%
    dir /s .









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      In Windows if I entered several commands and built up a little history, I could execute previous commands by typing a prefix at the command line and pressing F8 (Windows Keyboard shortcuts) to cycle through all commands in my history matching that prefix. Is there any equivalent in MacOS?





      By way of example If I sequentially executed these commands



      dir .
      echo IgnoreThis
      dir /b %TEMP%
      dir /s .
      dir /b %USERPROFILE%
      echo IgnoreThis


      If I then entered



      dir /bF8



      I would first receive an autocompletion to



      dir /b %TEMP%


      and if I pressed F8 again it would autocomplete to



      dir /b %USERPROFILE%


      For another example if I instead entered



      dirF8



      For the first, second, and third times I pressed F8 I would get



      dir .
      dir /b %TEMP%
      dir /s .









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      In Windows if I entered several commands and built up a little history, I could execute previous commands by typing a prefix at the command line and pressing F8 (Windows Keyboard shortcuts) to cycle through all commands in my history matching that prefix. Is there any equivalent in MacOS?





      By way of example If I sequentially executed these commands



      dir .
      echo IgnoreThis
      dir /b %TEMP%
      dir /s .
      dir /b %USERPROFILE%
      echo IgnoreThis


      If I then entered



      dir /bF8



      I would first receive an autocompletion to



      dir /b %TEMP%


      and if I pressed F8 again it would autocomplete to



      dir /b %USERPROFILE%


      For another example if I instead entered



      dirF8



      For the first, second, and third times I pressed F8 I would get



      dir .
      dir /b %TEMP%
      dir /s .






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          Add this to your ~/.inputrc:



          # ↑
          "e[A":history-search-backward
          # ↓
          "e[B":history-search-forward

          # Try to stay at the same the cursor position when moving through the history.
          set history-preserve-point on





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          • Also some useful options: gist.github.com/so-lit/c6b3661f67929fd0851ce4627e579c55
            – Yarik
            7 hours ago










          • Spot on, just what I needed! I'm back in business, thanks a bunch.
            – jxramos
            3 hours ago



















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          You may find that the Mac shell (called BASH, one of many Unix shells) is quite a bit more powerful than the Windows DOS/Powershell prompt.



          Briefly yes but autocomplete works very differently on the Mac and follows Unix shell conventions in place long before Windows/DOS was a gleam in Bill Gates eye.



          The up and down arrows will scroll backwards and forwards through the commands you have already entered. And even if you quit out of terminal all that history is remembered across sessions. Well not back to the beginning of time but BASH remembers a substantial history of commands.



          You can string multiple commands together with "&&" :



          cd /users/steve/desktop && rem picture.jpg


          That will CD to my user profile and then delete a file called picture.jpg



          Books (literally) have been written on the BASH shell and a little searching around the internet will come up with quite a lot of information on navigating, using, programming/scripting. if you don't specify the BASH shell on macOS you'll get a lot of Linux results which are generally applicable but many of the commands are different.



          If you are really interested in geeking out you can change to a different shell, there are several built-in, or another terminal program that has more features than the one that comes with macOS. Finding and using said options will be left up to you in the spirit of exploration.






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            Add this to your ~/.inputrc:



            # ↑
            "e[A":history-search-backward
            # ↓
            "e[B":history-search-forward

            # Try to stay at the same the cursor position when moving through the history.
            set history-preserve-point on





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            • Also some useful options: gist.github.com/so-lit/c6b3661f67929fd0851ce4627e579c55
              – Yarik
              7 hours ago










            • Spot on, just what I needed! I'm back in business, thanks a bunch.
              – jxramos
              3 hours ago
















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            Add this to your ~/.inputrc:



            # ↑
            "e[A":history-search-backward
            # ↓
            "e[B":history-search-forward

            # Try to stay at the same the cursor position when moving through the history.
            set history-preserve-point on





            share|improve this answer








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            • Also some useful options: gist.github.com/so-lit/c6b3661f67929fd0851ce4627e579c55
              – Yarik
              7 hours ago










            • Spot on, just what I needed! I'm back in business, thanks a bunch.
              – jxramos
              3 hours ago














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            Add this to your ~/.inputrc:



            # ↑
            "e[A":history-search-backward
            # ↓
            "e[B":history-search-forward

            # Try to stay at the same the cursor position when moving through the history.
            set history-preserve-point on





            share|improve this answer








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            Add this to your ~/.inputrc:



            # ↑
            "e[A":history-search-backward
            # ↓
            "e[B":history-search-forward

            # Try to stay at the same the cursor position when moving through the history.
            set history-preserve-point on






            share|improve this answer








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            • Also some useful options: gist.github.com/so-lit/c6b3661f67929fd0851ce4627e579c55
              – Yarik
              7 hours ago










            • Spot on, just what I needed! I'm back in business, thanks a bunch.
              – jxramos
              3 hours ago


















            • Also some useful options: gist.github.com/so-lit/c6b3661f67929fd0851ce4627e579c55
              – Yarik
              7 hours ago










            • Spot on, just what I needed! I'm back in business, thanks a bunch.
              – jxramos
              3 hours ago
















            Also some useful options: gist.github.com/so-lit/c6b3661f67929fd0851ce4627e579c55
            – Yarik
            7 hours ago




            Also some useful options: gist.github.com/so-lit/c6b3661f67929fd0851ce4627e579c55
            – Yarik
            7 hours ago












            Spot on, just what I needed! I'm back in business, thanks a bunch.
            – jxramos
            3 hours ago




            Spot on, just what I needed! I'm back in business, thanks a bunch.
            – jxramos
            3 hours ago













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            You may find that the Mac shell (called BASH, one of many Unix shells) is quite a bit more powerful than the Windows DOS/Powershell prompt.



            Briefly yes but autocomplete works very differently on the Mac and follows Unix shell conventions in place long before Windows/DOS was a gleam in Bill Gates eye.



            The up and down arrows will scroll backwards and forwards through the commands you have already entered. And even if you quit out of terminal all that history is remembered across sessions. Well not back to the beginning of time but BASH remembers a substantial history of commands.



            You can string multiple commands together with "&&" :



            cd /users/steve/desktop && rem picture.jpg


            That will CD to my user profile and then delete a file called picture.jpg



            Books (literally) have been written on the BASH shell and a little searching around the internet will come up with quite a lot of information on navigating, using, programming/scripting. if you don't specify the BASH shell on macOS you'll get a lot of Linux results which are generally applicable but many of the commands are different.



            If you are really interested in geeking out you can change to a different shell, there are several built-in, or another terminal program that has more features than the one that comes with macOS. Finding and using said options will be left up to you in the spirit of exploration.






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              You may find that the Mac shell (called BASH, one of many Unix shells) is quite a bit more powerful than the Windows DOS/Powershell prompt.



              Briefly yes but autocomplete works very differently on the Mac and follows Unix shell conventions in place long before Windows/DOS was a gleam in Bill Gates eye.



              The up and down arrows will scroll backwards and forwards through the commands you have already entered. And even if you quit out of terminal all that history is remembered across sessions. Well not back to the beginning of time but BASH remembers a substantial history of commands.



              You can string multiple commands together with "&&" :



              cd /users/steve/desktop && rem picture.jpg


              That will CD to my user profile and then delete a file called picture.jpg



              Books (literally) have been written on the BASH shell and a little searching around the internet will come up with quite a lot of information on navigating, using, programming/scripting. if you don't specify the BASH shell on macOS you'll get a lot of Linux results which are generally applicable but many of the commands are different.



              If you are really interested in geeking out you can change to a different shell, there are several built-in, or another terminal program that has more features than the one that comes with macOS. Finding and using said options will be left up to you in the spirit of exploration.






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                You may find that the Mac shell (called BASH, one of many Unix shells) is quite a bit more powerful than the Windows DOS/Powershell prompt.



                Briefly yes but autocomplete works very differently on the Mac and follows Unix shell conventions in place long before Windows/DOS was a gleam in Bill Gates eye.



                The up and down arrows will scroll backwards and forwards through the commands you have already entered. And even if you quit out of terminal all that history is remembered across sessions. Well not back to the beginning of time but BASH remembers a substantial history of commands.



                You can string multiple commands together with "&&" :



                cd /users/steve/desktop && rem picture.jpg


                That will CD to my user profile and then delete a file called picture.jpg



                Books (literally) have been written on the BASH shell and a little searching around the internet will come up with quite a lot of information on navigating, using, programming/scripting. if you don't specify the BASH shell on macOS you'll get a lot of Linux results which are generally applicable but many of the commands are different.



                If you are really interested in geeking out you can change to a different shell, there are several built-in, or another terminal program that has more features than the one that comes with macOS. Finding and using said options will be left up to you in the spirit of exploration.






                share|improve this answer












                You may find that the Mac shell (called BASH, one of many Unix shells) is quite a bit more powerful than the Windows DOS/Powershell prompt.



                Briefly yes but autocomplete works very differently on the Mac and follows Unix shell conventions in place long before Windows/DOS was a gleam in Bill Gates eye.



                The up and down arrows will scroll backwards and forwards through the commands you have already entered. And even if you quit out of terminal all that history is remembered across sessions. Well not back to the beginning of time but BASH remembers a substantial history of commands.



                You can string multiple commands together with "&&" :



                cd /users/steve/desktop && rem picture.jpg


                That will CD to my user profile and then delete a file called picture.jpg



                Books (literally) have been written on the BASH shell and a little searching around the internet will come up with quite a lot of information on navigating, using, programming/scripting. if you don't specify the BASH shell on macOS you'll get a lot of Linux results which are generally applicable but many of the commands are different.



                If you are really interested in geeking out you can change to a different shell, there are several built-in, or another terminal program that has more features than the one that comes with macOS. Finding and using said options will be left up to you in the spirit of exploration.







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